Getting Started

Requirements and first migration run

Requirements

Local machine:

Bash 4+
ssh
rsync
scp

Source server:

SSH access
WP-CLI recommended, or mysqldump

Destination server:

SSH access
WP-CLI recommended, or mysql
Existing WordPress installation

Run from GitHub (one-liner)

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vexxo-Dev/wpclone_cli/main/wpclone.sh) \
  --src-host deploy@old-server.com \
  --src-path /var/www/html \
  --dst-host deploy@new-server.com \
  --dst-path /var/www/html \
  --old-url https://old-site.com \
  --new-url https://new-site.com

Install locally

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vexxo-Dev/wpclone_cli/main/wpclone.sh -o wpclone
chmod +x wpclone
sudo mv wpclone /usr/local/bin/wpclone
wpclone --version

First safe run

./wpclone --config migration.conf --dry-run

After validating output, run the same command without --dry-run.

wpclone Documentation

Safer WordPress migrations with a clear CLI workflow

Usage

Required options, common flags, and migration commands

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Requirements Run from GitHub (one-liner)Install locally First safe run